ROBBERS hit a 16-year-old boy with a meat cleaver during a robbery in Oldham.

Two men demanded the teenager's mobile phone as he walked home from school on Park Lane shortly after 3pm on Friday.

When he refused, one of them hit him on the hand with a meat cleaver and they grabbed the phone before riding off on bikes.

The victim suffered tendon damage to his right hand.

Police say one of the offenders was white, aged about 17 to 18 years, 6ft to 6ft 2in tall of slim build.

He had a clear complexion with stubble, an Irish accent and was wearing a grey Le Coq Sportif hooded top with the hood up, and thin rimmed glasses.

The second offender is described as white, 5ft 7in tall of chubby build. He had a clear complexion, short cropped dark hair, a local accent, and was wearing a black tracksuit top. He was riding a black BMX bike.

Anyone with any information is asked to call Oldham CID on 0161 856 8954 or Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111.